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TIL That during the Colonial Era, Rhode Island rum joined gold as an accepted currency in Europe for a period of time

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wMGW TIL In the 1960s Pakistan briefly considered changing its traffic system from driving on the left to the right. However, camel trains often drove through the night while their drivers were dozing. The difficulty in teaching old camels new tricks was decisive in forcing Pakistan to reject the change.
5YP5P TIL Airline water is so bad it is recommended you not wash your hands after using the bathroom but to use sanitizer instead. Also skip that tea or coffee and get a bottled drink. Most Airlines tested positive for E. Coli and coliform in their water.
K08Q TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger turned down his estimated $207,500 yearly salary stating it was “petty cash”. Instead, he “gave it back to the community” and didn’t collect a salary the entire time he served.
9BvM TIL that Walt Disney bought property in Florida to build a “real city that would never cease to be a blueprint of the future” but after he died, they built Disneyland instead.
4rxJ TIL There is an esoteric programming language called LOLCODE, in which code is expressed in the style of lolcat speech, implementing lines of code like “HAI,” “CAN HAS [LIBRARY]?” and “KTHXBAI.”